Preparation

Warm up rice noodles and add to serving bowls, put raw sliced beef on top, pour boiling hot soup on top. Top with sautéed bean sprouts and herbs. Serve the garnish on the side, lime wedges, chopped chili and (serve hoisin sauce in dipping cups with a teaspoon). Guests can add the garnishes to the soup to suit their taste.

Further Information

Yield 4

Preparation Time is approxmiately
1 hour.

Cooking Time is approxmiately
6 hours.

Spicy Beef Broth

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Ingredients

2.5lt (2 ½ quarts) beef stock (recipe below)

2cloves garlic

5g ginger

1/2 cinnamon stick

2g (¼ tsp) coriander seeds

2g (¼ tsp) fennel seeds

1 star anise

2 (¼ tsp) cardamon pods

1/2½ red chili

to taste fish sauce (for seasoning)

to taste brown sugar (for seasoning)

to taste sea salt (for seasoning)

to taste lime juice (for seasoning)

Preparation

Add spiced to beef stock and simmer for 1 hour, pass through a sieve and return to pot. Taste and check the seasoning if its too spicy, add some plain beef stock to taste. When the spice level is balanced add the seasoning ingredients to taste.

Beef Stock

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Ingredients

2.5kg beef bones (Blanched & rinsed)

10lt water

2large carrot (chopped)

2large onions (cut in half)

Preparation

Simmer bones on low heat for 8 hours, skim impurities from surface, top up with water if it reduces too much. When ready pass through a fine sieve.